I want to spread the word about two bands I've been listening to a lot lately.
Awesome City Club is a five-member pop-rock/city pop band formed in 2013. Their concept is apparently making music that serves as the soundtrack of the fictional Awesome City. They released their fourth mini-album, Awesome City Tracks 4, earlier this year, and it's really good! They have some great songs, and I love that they have both male and female vocals in the group and on their songs.
Konya Dake ga Machigai ja nai Koto ni Shiteageru is a great example of what they're about
: it's energetic, super catchy, and features both of the group's vocalists. I love this song, and I hope it catches someone else's attention as well!
Don't Think, Feel
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ame_no_parade is a four-member alternative rock band formed in 2013. I've seen them compared to Sakanaction, but they definitely have their own unique and peculiar sound. They released their major label debut album New generation last year; I've really enjoyed the album and highly recommend it, it's full of great songs! They're releasing their second album, Change your pops, next month, and I'm really looking forward to it!
My favourite songs of theirs (
Noctiluca and the new version of
yuragi meguru kimino nakano sore) don't appear to have music videos attached to them, but fortunately some other good songs of theirs do!
Petrichor
Tokyo
Change your mind, the lead track from the upcoming album
And both of these bands' releases seem to be available on iTunes worldwide!
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Also,
iri released a new song,
Watashi, co-produced with Hidefumi Kenmochi of Suiyoubi no Campanella, a few weeks ago, and it's got me addicted! The song will also be released on a maxi single at the end of March, but for now, I'm gonna keep looping this track like there's no tomorrow.